Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488

Recordings worth hearing

• Mitsuko Uchida / Tate / English Chamber Orchestra

  Reference

  Philips · 1987

  The F-sharp minor slow movement is the most isolated Adagio Mozart wrote. Uchida adds no weight and lets it empty out on its own.

• Perahia / English Chamber Orchestra

  Modern

  Sony Classical · 1985

  Perahia directs from the keyboard. With no conductor between piano and orchestra, the phrasing is of one mind.

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